Ameretat's Musings

Yepyep! That’s me!

I’m currently playing at The Pound (no event, just taking over to test). If you want to listen and can’t come over, my stream url is http://gold.neostreams.info:8142

So much happy!

I’m posting mostly because I decided to log when maintenance started >.> It’ll be time for class by the time it finishes.

I finally got a rental spot. It’s on the same parcel as work; I can’t decide if that’s good or bad. It’s not a bad price though; 5L/prim, which is apparently how much it costs when renting a full parcel? I don’t actually know these things. My max is set to 100.

So I laid everything out, that house I’ve been working on the past howeverlong (it’s about the fifth incarnation of “my house”). And then decided that it was fugly and too much hassle if I decide to change it, so I picked it up and laid out a prefab “low prim beachouse” (yes, THAT one). Cut a few prims from it, laid everything out inside… And discovered that the Midian Day Bear is 24 prims. So sad! I’ve been including it for the adorability/memorabilia factor, but if it’s a choice between that and having room to have a party if I want… pffft. Sorry, bear-bear, you have to go hang yourself elsewhere.

I stayed up all night last night, which is how I was on when maintenance started… sleep’s messed up and need to reboot. Again. Anyway! I discovered that teleport scripts don’t work well over 300 meters, and that that parcel is set to deliver all teleports to The Pound. Argh. So now if I invite people over, I need to lurk near the pound and give them a ride? It’s not a big problem, but part of why I moved was because where I was didn’t allow p2p teleports.

Gonna figure that out sometime, yesyesyes.

Oh hey, I should get some breakfast and head to class. Bye!

Hmm.

Hmmmmmmm.

There are some really cool features to Emerald. The ones I like the most are the skins (omg♥!) and the force ground sit feature.

I do not like the boob physics. As someone who has boobs, I think it looks pretty damn creepy… Because that is not how they move. (I bet you can get some settings that do look pretty realistic, but frankly I have better things to do than zoom in on virtual breasts.)

Anyway, I used to use Emerald a lot, then it kept crashing. Bah! After a long time without, I decided to try it out again. And lo, it’s at least a little better now that it’s update. So far so good.

So I guess I will do this in the form of a table? Looks like I’ll have to handcode. Shrug.

WTF blogger fails at tables. Whatever.

Ugh, I can’t think of anything. I don’t actually care about most of the differences, as I said above. So this isn’t much of a review, just pointing out one thing that I discovered today:
max idle time.
WITHOUT using an anti-idle device, you can stand around afk for 97 days before Emerald marks you away. I like this for when I’m busy in another screen.

Or camping. But I’ve got a job now, so camping will be even further reduced.

Speaking of job: I made a “fan” group for myself. Yes, I’m that conceited… Well… it was suggested in the notes given as employee introduction (or whatever the word I’m looking for is). And I figure… what’s the harm?

It is currently NOT listed in Search, but if you’re interested, drop me an IM and I’ll invite you to join. If I go farther with this “career path,” so to speak, I’ll make it public.

Umm not much to say.

Lots of work to do IRL, so I’m off. Bye!

Maybe. Maybe not. Depends on existence and such.

I’ve sort of lost interest in Amrys’s letters. She’s not the type to keep a diary, and less so to write mail that won’t be sent. Hmmm. Don’t know what to do about this. I like showing off what’s happened.

Today her gun was confiscated. Bwaha. Later this month, she’s going to be kidnapped and experimented on. More on that when it has happened.

As for work… I WILL be dancing at The Pound starting this Friday.

Ugggg I have used WordPress now and I’m wishing I had for this blag. Seriously. WordPress is the shit. Especially compared to Blogger.

ANYWAY. As currently scheduled, I’ll be working The Pound 4-6 pm SLT on Friday and Sunday, and if there’ll be a DJ scheduled for the timeslot, also 2-4 pm SLT on Saturday.

Hmm. Can’t seem to think of anything to say . Wrestling with a door script. llListen is being grumbly.

EDIT: Squee! First night (training night) I’ll be Hostess!

Once again, it’s been a while.

I’m thinking about getting a job as a dancer or a hostess at The Pound. Neko/Vampire/Furry/anything-non-human hangout kind of place. I’m trying to decide if I can devote 4-8 hours a week to a job that pays in tips only. Then again, it means that I don’t have to put money into SL anymore.

Also, I won a full-page ad in the Midian Dark Times. I actually hadn’t realized when I entered that that was one of the prizes… the L$1000 was nice, though. So now I need to come up with an ad. Or find someone who wants an ad. Hm.

Meanwhile, lots of crazy stuff happens in Midian, which is where I spend most of my SL time still.

Can’t actually think of anything relevant or witty to say.

Hmm.

First of all, I’ve added a ton of pics to Flickr, including a random (IC) introspection post.

Second of all, because I’m completely stuck on my NaNoWriMo novel (no, I won’t tell you my username on NaNo, it’s linked to RL and I really don’t want to link RL and SL. I do, however, recommend NaNoWriMo to anyone who even remotely likes writing/storytelling/novelling.), I’ve started writing a new one. It is Amrys’s story. I’m trying to tell it from Amrys’s point of view, and without biasing any more than she would to making her seem like some big hero.
I’m starting with the scene where she runs away 😉

So what I’m wondering is… how lame is that? I mean, very little of the story did I come up with on my own. Most of the interaction comes from other characters. I’m worried that later, I’ll have to start sludging through the chat log just to keep everything as close to accurate as possible.

Meh, if you’d read it, please let me know. I’d like to feel that I’m not just wasting time, even if it’s a fun diversion.

Something occurred to me while chatting with some NaNoers in-world.

Colors are thought to have meaning, and to tell about your personality when worn.

IRL, I usually wear lots of grey and soft blues. This (supposedly) means that I like to blend in and am calm (or seek to be calm). According to this website, it also means that I come off as uncaring. Hadn’t realized that. I also wear very relaxed clothing, and cover most of my body regardless of the weather. Insecure? Maybe. Quiet? Hell yes.

ISL (in SL), I wear lots of red and black (mostly red). Note that red is the boldest of colors, and is recommended to be worn for interviews. It says the person is energetic and powerful. Do I want to seem that way? Well, yes. But it wasn’t intentional… I didn’t think, “What color will make me seem powerful?” And black seems powerful as well, sort of the period at the end of red’s sentence.

Anyway, that’s all my random commentary.
Pictures whenever I figure out how to export from inventory. Meanwhile, if you look me up inworld, you can see a more recent pic of my avi.

I don’t update this much. Sorry.

I’d post some awesome pictures from RP like I’ve been meaning to do for a while… but I’m on my old computer. Which means NO SL, NO RP, NO HOMEWORK (sad, actually, as I’ve much due next week), and NO planning for D&D.

So basically now all there is left is email, blog, and knitting. This computer can’t handle much.

He (yes, my computers are male) weighs about 7 pounds and has 512 MB of RAM. So I’m not going anywhere–especially considering that I took the battery out, since it doesn’t last long enough anyway to keep it unplugged. The weight was without battery. It’s like a crappy desktop! Whee!

*contemplates trying to find all the parts to build a frankencomputer… Then remembers that it’s Friday in a small, un-nerdy college town.*

Meanwhile, some commentary on SL’s new “Adult” ratings!
Sumup: WTF.

Okay, let me get this straight. If it displays or promotes sex and/or violence, it’s adult. If it does not promote either but has hints of it, it’s either mature or adult, depending on Linden Lab’s POV on the exact case. If it would be rated G in a movie, it’s “PG”.

So the way I see it is… the only ratings available in SL (and I use movie terms because I lack skill with words today) are G and X.
And I list “mature” content in G… because most sims I go to that are labelled “Mature” are cleaner than some Disney movies.

Okay, that was more of a rant than a review. My computer died today. There was much screaming and cursing and acts of violence (that would get my apartment moved to Zindra).

Today, I don’t actually want to be a Pepper too. I just want my computer back.

Well… Let’s see…

= Amrys is in training to become a Ghost… it’s going slowly, partly because I suck at riddles and partly because I haven’t been on much in a while.
= Amrys has finally found a disguise! And while in disguise, at the Masquerade, she met a people, and this people is Artika. She’s all loopylovey, but who knows if it will go anywhere…
= Amrys’s pledge seems to have disappeared? D: Never did much with her, because she joined right before the big internetfail (meaning, I failed at internets, not that the internets failed.)

I don’t know what else to say… seemed like I should say something, though.
I’m debating starting a “diary” for Amrys.